Illegal garage set to be demolished (From Bradford Telegraph and Argus)
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Councillor says residents are ‘sick and tired’ of Bradford Moor plan wrangle
7:30pm Monday 8th February 2010 in Bradford Moor By Jo Winrow
Councillor Mohammed Shafiq outside the illegal garages
A garage which was rebuilt without permission could have to be demolished.
The garage in the residential area of Rochester Street, Bradford Moor, was damaged in a fire in 2007.
Firefighters feared a fireball could have erupted after gas cylinders were discovered near to a burning van.
The garage and store was then rebuilt following the fire but without planning permission. An application was turned down by Bradford Council, as was an appeal to inspectors. Residents are also concerned that what is supposed to be a domestic garage is being run as a commercial operation.
Fresh plans had been submitted to partially demolish the garage to create a smaller one, but these were turned down. Information that the garage was being used for commercial repairs and the disturbance to residents was blamed.
Bradford Moor Councillor Mohammed Shafiq (Lab) said: “The location is wholly inappropriate and local people are sick and tired of this.”
Ian Horsfall, the Council’s senior enforcement officer, said their legal department are now in the process of preparing enforcement notices for the owner to demolish the garage.
Philip Coote, planning agent for the garage owner Ian Crossley, said it was likely they would appeal against the refusal. He said the Council could have approved a domestic garage and simply added a condition to stop commercial activities.
Comments(9)
brad4all
says...
8:13pm Mon 8 Feb 10
hew jardon wrote:the law should apply to all does not matter about race colour religion etc
theres some real dodgy buildings/eyesores on bradford moor.a lot worse than this.was wondering why councillor Shafiq was being so vocal on the matter "“The location is wholly inappropriate and local people are sick and tired of this.” then noticed the owners name.one rule for one eh Mohammed!
ONE RULE 4 ALL
richmondbull
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9:55pm Mon 8 Feb 10
brad4all wrote:Maybe the site should be turned into a DVLA outstation where the local community could register thier vehicles,insure them online and tax them all within the confines of one building.....ill bet the locals would get sick of that alright!!
hew jardon wrote: theres some real dodgy buildings/eyesores on bradford moor.a lot worse than this.was wondering why councillor Shafiq was being so vocal on the matter "“The location is wholly inappropriate and local people are sick and tired of this.” then noticed the owners name.one rule for one eh Mohammed!the law should apply to all does not matter about race colour religion etc ONE RULE 4 ALL
kully
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10:56am Tue 9 Feb 10
Bone_idle18
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12:46pm Tue 9 Feb 10
Freddy Elliot
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12:53pm Tue 9 Feb 10
Bone_idle18 wrote:There was me thinking they were penthouses.
Maybe some of the ugly, larger than legal dormers could also be removed?
giveover
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2:57pm Tue 9 Feb 10
richmondbull wrote:Good idea but most people in cars in this area dont tax and insure their cars so the building would be empty.
brad4all wrote:Maybe the site should be turned into a DVLA outstation where the local community could register thier vehicles,insure them online and tax them all within the confines of one building.....ill bet the locals would get sick of that alright!!hew jardon wrote: theres some real dodgy buildings/eyesores on bradford moor.a lot worse than this.was wondering why councillor Shafiq was being so vocal on the matter "“The location is wholly inappropriate and local people are sick and tired of this.” then noticed the owners name.one rule for one eh Mohammed!the law should apply to all does not matter about race colour religion etc ONE RULE 4 ALL
kully
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4:05pm Tue 9 Feb 10
it will be better if all was done by books.
richmondbull
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5:40pm Tue 9 Feb 10
kully wrote:Its great to see this pillar of the community tackling such issues,which are not only major but a blot on the Leeds Road landscape,I do hope he tackles less pressing issues within the Leed road area,such as gun crime and the heroin trade which no doubt the locals are sick and tired of with such vigor as a non asian owed garage..
any illegal dormers, report them to planning and lets have them removed as well. it will be better if all was done by books.
hew jardon says...
7:42pm Mon 8 Feb 10
then noticed the owners name.one rule for one eh Mohammed!